One’s own way

One’s own way

Yes, I am going my way! 
Are you going your way? 
Unless you are, indeed 
You're not going your way. 
Can anyone ever go 
Someone else's way 
Beyond being inspired 
To get moving along? 
Traveling together works 
As long as we are clear 
That sooner or later 
Our paths will part. 
Thus, let's celebrate 
While we are together 
The light and sound
 In the love of life. 
Thank you for being 
While we were and are 
And will be, also not 
In the freedom of now. 
Love is what carries all 
Everyone and everything 
The only way is under our feet 
Yours, mine, and everyone's. 
We rally around ideas shared 
Visions can unify and divide 
Until conscious beyond duality 
Now all is one, and one is all. 
Teachings and teachers 
Fulfill their very purpose 
When, finally, at long last 
One stands on one's own feet. 
Am I going my own way 
When I am who I am? 
I am going my own way 
When I am home as soul. 
Because, as well as in spite of all 
Oneself, teachers, and teachings 
In the end it all comes together 
Otherwise it is not yet the end. 
In the miracle of life and love 
Each ending is a new beginning 
Each new start follows conclusions 
As every moment God realizes itself.

“Journey Around the Sun” — a circular Core modulation

8-string guitar — 7:08 — April 2021 — PentaCor, ReachUpMix, Dorian, ReachUpMix, PentaCor — as loop on a separate tab

“What is half will become whole.
What is crooked will become straight.
What is empty will become full.
What is old will become new.”

— from verse 22 of the Tao Te Ching 道德经 by Lao Tzu (1972 Diederichs edition, p. 62)

One's own way
Another spring awoke and blossomed — May 2021 — Chanhassen, Minnesota

Wu wei 無為

Wu wei 無為

let go
detach
move on
liberated
it's clear
guidance
unfoldment
as soul 
and person
time is now
to cross
the bridge
remains
intact 
as can be
a trajectory
one way
only never must
rather love
and heart
sunshine
smiles
無為
“Over- and Under-Tone Presents” — triple fujara and tenor recorder — March 2021 — 2:31 soundscape — also available as loop under Sounds of Spring 2021

Wu wei 無為 means non-doing in Chinese. The Way never acts yet nothing is left undone.

Wu wei involves letting go of ideals that we may otherwise try to force too violently onto things; it invites us instead to respond to the true demands of situations, which tend only to be noticed when we put our own ego-driven plans aside. What can follow is … a new unity between the self and its environment, which releases an energy that is normally held back by an overly aggressive, wilful style of thinking. … Be like water, which is ‘submissive and weak’ and ‘yet which can’t be surpassed for attacking what is hard and strong’. … A distinctive wisdom we may at times be in desperate need of, when we are in danger of damaging ourselves through an overly stern and unyielding adherence to ideas which simply cannot fit the demands of the world as it is.” (The School of Life)

IMG_3961 xc compd - Wu wei 無為
Winter birch welcoming and leaning into the winds announcing the coming about of another spring — Grächwil / Meikirch — March 2021

Being good

Being good

Being good starts with recognizing the good in one and all, and that any one is never the only good one. That much humility is required to be spiritually positive. This includes seeing the good in others as well as in oneself, to nurture the good in all. Only second, one needs to see also the negative, as objectively as possible, in order to survive and keep it at a safe distance, out of reach both ways.

As humans, we live in duality, if not plurality. But as soul, we are beyond all that. Creativity aims to open windows and doors, vistas beyond one’s divisive limitations and allows the unlimited, divine love to flow in. Images and music, light and sound can allow for that, when carefully tuned in, as can words at times.

Tonalibus

Tonalibus is one of my, Ulrico’s, efforts to to grasp some of the good, the harmony around us and to make my findings available to others, for the possibility they may help someone in some way, as they help me. On this website there are some of my discoveries, as I go my way. You go your way. There is no one and only way. Your way is yours. My way is mine. Now, in this very moment that you read this, our ways cross each other. My aim is to make this uplifting and encouraging, to nurture the good in both of us. And I sincerely hope you too can see the good, not so much the bad in me.

We all have our shortcomings and are at times off target. Nobody is perfect as human being. As soul with love in the heart we can bridge the gap between what we see as good and bad, the illusions of the absurd, of being human. This is the miracle of divine love where beauty blossoms and joy fills the heart beyond the reach of challenges and attacks, which invariably come about and try to keep one down. This seems to be what we’re here to learn in life and love.

Working together

We exist through working together, not against each other. Life is not about survival of the fittest. It’s about survival by working together. One cannot be good and well when at the expense of others. We learn to somehow carry our own weight by working together, allowing others to do the same.

This is what I have to give right now. Please don’t condemn me for that. It’s all I have. I put my heart into this, my love, and my life. You may trample it with your feet or relish it for what it is. That’s your freedom, as it is mine to pass this on in an effort to work together and strengthen the good in all, in you and in me, in spiritual freedom.

ReachUpMix with the Four Corners of the Sound Temple”

8-string guitar and four gongs — February 2021 — 8:23 soundscape — contains low sounds
IMG_3935 xc - Being good
Never ending fascination with daybreak and sunrise — February 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland

Dear God

Dear God, dear love, I love with all my heart, conscious, you love me too with all your heart. That’s all. Your heart with all, me too, you love, conscious, my heart with all I love, dear love.

Dear God, dear love, I love, with all, my heart, conscious, you love, me too, with all, your heart. That’s all. Your heart, with all, me too, you love, conscious, my heart, with all, I love, dear love.

Dear God, dear love, I love, with all, my heart, conscious, you love, me too, with all, your heart, that’s all, your heart, with all, me too, you love, conscious, my heart, with all, I love, dear love, dear God, dear love, I love, with all, my heart, conscious, you love, me too, with all, your heart, that’s all, your heart, with all, me too, you love, conscious, my heart, with all, I love, dear love, dear God, dear love, I love, with all, my heart, conscious, you love, me too, with all, your heart, that’s all. . .

Quadruple canonic mono-lingual voice — English — 2:09
Quadruple canonic quadri-lingual voice — English, German, French, Italian — 2:09
Mäbius - Dear God, dear love
Not two but one side and one edge — homemade Möbius strip — in the Tonalibus five-course series on slide #13 of 3) Twelve-Step Scale and Tonality Fundamentals

Welcome to Tonalibus!

Welcome to Tonalibus and, if you signed up for it, to the September 18, 2020 or first monthly Tonalibus newsletter that alerts you to most recent Spiritualibus blog posts.

Some encouraging, initial reactions to Tonalibus:

“This fits right in with my recent past few years search for spiritually compatible music.” — California

“Congratulations! I celebrate with you the wonderfully uplifting and poetic consciousness of this site. I even dreamed about it.” — Wisconsin

“This has been sheltered and protected all these many years. The time for its birth has arrived to see and hear a further expression and extension into the universe.” — Minnesota

“Your website is like lying under a starry sky and marveling at it in amazement.” — Bern

“May this adventure you just sent out in service to human kind, be successful in reaching whoever may need it for their next step in spiritual unfoldment.” — Ticino

“I intend to listen to more sound samples and choose what suits me best, so I can use it for relaxation and perhaps for contemplation.” — France

And from the recent first public mini-concert session: “No music has ever touched me like this. Sweet tears came to flow already with the first note. The sounds opened my ears.” — Basel

Welcome to Tonalibus! As humans, we want to understand. But some things are meant to just be enjoyed, not to be understood. Going beyond duality is such a thing, or spiritual freedom, and love. We have an innate sense for harmony and sound, each in his or her individual way. Therefore, what’s harmonious for me may not be so for you, and vice versa. Some of this we may understand — or not. Thus is our perception, our individual experience and consciousness. But there are patterns we can grasp as such. Tonalibus aims to express some of these. Your comments like the above confirm that it can work. Thank you for your encouragement. From heart to heart — Ulrico

it's been a long way
It’s been a long haul! — Thank you for everything.